Isaiah 46:5 Go deeper

To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like? (KJV)

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לְמִ֥יle.Mito whom?

Lemma: מִי (mi) · Strong's: H4310

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: who?

Used 423 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 19:12, Genesis 21:7, Genesis 21:26, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:47 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4310; TAHOT Isaiah 46:5 word 1

תְדַמְי֖וּנִיte.dam.Yu.niwill you liken me

Lemma: דָּמָה (da.mah) · Strong's: H1819

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVpi2mp)

Meaning: to resemble

Used 30 times. Also: Numbers 33:56, Judges 20:5, 2 Samuel 21:5, Esther 4:13, Psalms 48:9, Psalms 50:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1819; TAHOT Isaiah 46:5 word 2

וְתַשְׁו֑וּve.tash.Vuand you may make [me] equal?

Lemma: שָׁוָה (sha.vah) · Strong's: H7737A

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVhu2mp)

Meaning: be like

Used 14 times. Also: Esther 3:8, Esther 5:13, Esther 7:4, Job 33:27, Psalms 119:30, Psalms 131:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7737A; TAHOT Isaiah 46:5 word 3

וְתַמְשִׁל֖וּנִיve.tam.shi.Lu.niand will you compare? me

Lemma: מָשַׁל (ma.shal) · Strong's: H4911A

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVhu2mp)

Meaning: to liken

Used 7 times. Also: Job 30:19, Psalms 28:1, Psalms 49:12, Psalms 49:20, Psalms 143:7, Isaiah 14:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4911A; TAHOT Isaiah 46:5 word 4

וְנִדְמֶֽה\׃ve.nid.Mehand we may be alike

Lemma: דָּמָה (da.mah) · Strong's: H1819

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVqu1cp)

Meaning: to resemble

Used 30 times. Also: Numbers 33:56, Judges 20:5, 2 Samuel 21:5, Esther 4:13, Psalms 48:9, Psalms 50:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1819; TAHOT Isaiah 46:5 word 5

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

To whom	→	מִי H4310 who?
will you liken Me	→	דָּמָה H1819 to resemble
or count Me equal	→	שָׁוָה H7737A be like
To whom will you compare Me	→	מָשַׁל H4911A to liken
that we should be alike	→	דָּמָה H1819 to resemble

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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